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Township of North Fayette, PA
Allegheny County
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[Ord. 389, 4/8/2008, § 1]
ROAD OR TOWNSHIP ROAD
A street, avenue, boulevard, road, highway, freeway, parkway, lane, alley, viaduct and any other ways used or intended to be used by vehicular traffic or pedestrian whether public or private.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of North Fayette, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 389, 4/8/2008, § 2]
1. 
Any contractor, builder, developer, landowner, tenant or any other person or corporation who places, deposits or causes the placement or deposit of any dirt, debris, mud or other substance on any Township road shall be guilty of a violation of this Part.
2. 
The term "person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership or the like.
3. 
The term "substance" shall include dirt, debris, mud or other substance from tires, the undercarriage of vehicles, and any such substance which may fall from, be thrown from, or otherwise leaves a vehicle, or occurs through activities on land, except as herein provided.
[Ord. 389, 4/8/2008, § 3]
Deposits resulting from normal agricultural activities, including placement or deposits that originate from the tires or undercarriage of faun equipment, shall be exempt from the provisions and requirements herein; provided, however, that any deposit of substance that creates a safety hazard will be subject to enforcement.
[Ord. 389, 4/8/2008, § 4; as amended by Ord. 418, 1/29/2014]
1. 
Any person who violates any provisions of § 21-402 above, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
2. 
Nothing in this Part shall preclude the Township from enforcing this Part through an action in equity brought in the Court of Common Pleas in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
3. 
All fines collected for violations of this Part shall be paid to the Township. The Township Police Department or any other officer so designated by the Township is charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this Part.